SOC101 Midterm MCQs 2024 Set 2 by Miss Mehwish

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 Relationships between variables

Cause and effect

Correlation and causation ✅

 Which perspective views society as a harmonious whole with interrelated parts working together?

 What is the primary purpose of formulating a hypothesis in the research process?

To define the operational definitions

To select a research method

To identify the research problem

To predict relationship between variables ✅

 Which one of the following research methods offer in-depth insights into a specific situation?

Survey

Case studies ✅

 What is the primary purpose of drawing conclusions and making generalizations in research?

To start a new research project

To summarize the research findings ✅

To increase the sample size

To collect more data

•  Feminism is a theoretical approach that focuses on the study of gender roles and inequalities.

False

True ✅

 Social interaction in which someone adopts dominant cultural traits is called:

Amalgamation

Diffusion

Assimilation ✅

Accommodation

 In sociology, "social stratification" is mainly concerned with:

Investigating physical geography

Understanding social inequalities and hierarchies ✅

Studying individual psychology

Analyzing global trade and commerce

 What does postcolonialism emphasize?

Language and discourse in shaping social relations and structures

Harmonious existence of groups

Colonialism and its legacy in shaping social relations and structures ✅

Gender in shaping social relations and structures

•  Which of the following represents variables that are manipulated or controlled to test their effect

on other variables?

Q1. What is causation in the context of research?

o When two variables are related to each other, but one does not necessarily cause the

other

o When two variables appear to be related, but the relationship is caused by a fourth

variable

o o

Q2. According to Marx, which of the following would lead to a classless society?

o Political upheaval

o Technological progress

o Economic equilibrium

o

Proletarian revolution ✔️

3. Amalgamation is a type of social interaction which means:

o The process of adopting traits of dominant culture

o Material culture changes more quickly than non-material

o Feeling that others' culture is superior and others inferior

o

The process of blending of different cultures ✔️

4. If you want to study the impact of caffeine on the alertness of individuals. Which of the

following is the most appropriate research method for this study?

o Observational research

o Literature review

o

Experimental study ✔️

o Survey research

5. Competition can be constructive or destructive can lead to innovation, progress and

o True ✔️

o False

Q6. Why is it crucial to maintain confidentiality and anonymity in research?

o To increase the number of participants in the study

o To simplify the data analysis process

o

To protect participants' privacy and identity ✔️

o To ensure quantitative data accuracy

Q7. Which of the following is a major concern of conflict theory?

o Social stability and harmony

o